IBL Racing (Hudson Kennaugh /Mark Clark) moved into the lead in the ACU/sorrymate.com National Endurance championship after beating Team Traction Control (Steve Mercer/Ben Neeves) by 25 seconds in the third round of the championship.
IBL Racing had to start at the back of the grid because a faulty transponder left them with no lap times in qualifying. But they quickly moved through the pack to join the leaders.
Team Traction Control on the other hand qualified on pole, thanks to Mercer, who had no sleep after traveling back overnight from the TT. They battled with IBL Racing throughout, but though they also clocked up 108 laps they came up just a little short.
Go Racing Developments (Andy Carpenter/Greg Allsop), who led the National 1000 Endurance championship coming into this meeting, qualified third fastest.
For most of the race they stayed in a comfortable third place, but then Carpenter had a gearbox problem, before the motor finally locked up.
The pit crew ran to collect the transformer allowing Allsop to complete his final session and hang on to third place, four laps down on the leading pair.
IBL Racing now leads the big class on 58, one more than Go Racing Developments and nine clear of Team Traction Control.
Third overall, impressively, was TANC 2 Racing (Grant Berry/Chris Mason), from the Clubman 1000 class.
That result stretched their lead in the class over Anglia Interiors/Insignia Signs (Aaron Bird/Jamie Loveday), to 16 points.
Team Sorrymate.com (Colin Norris/Warren Herwey) could not match the pace of Dales Racing (Tom Dale/Richard Steadman), who finished fourth overall, but second place was still enough to keep their lead in the National 600 class.
TDM Racing (Michael and Terry Merritt) won their second race in a row to stretch their lead at the top of the Clubman 600s over Thunder Chickens (Martin Gibson/Ellis Hadley), who were fourth, to 23.
Stephen Bridle (Suzuki) had a meeting he will want to forget in a hurry, scoring just three points out of a possible 50, but he remains at the top of the Motogrande 600 championship table because his closest rivals failed to take advantage.
Luke Stapleford (Triumph) dominated the class. He won both races, holding off Luke Mossey (Triumph) each time out, Parkitt Racing’s Paul Slade (Yamaha) was tenth overall in race one and 12th in the second to win both Motogrande 600 Rookie races and maintain his unbeaten run for the season.
Michael Neeves and Ralf Lo Turco, both on BMWs, each had a win and a second in the two Motogrande 1000 races, while Jamie Harrison (Honda) was third each time.
Graham Hornby (Honda) stays top of the points’ table on 107, but Andrew Haines (Yamaha), who had a sixth and a fourth, has cut his lead to just two points.
Andrew Gooding (Yamaha) moved into the lead in the Rookies class, after twice finishing third. He is now 12 points ahead of non-starter Paul Wood.
MICHELIN POWER CUP
After missing the last round at Anglesey and losing his lead in the championship, Greg Allsop (Yamaha) was back in Michelin Power Cup action, winning both 1000cc races.
Allsop still trails Tony Keilty (Kawasaki), who finished second in the two outings, by 51.
Once again it was William White (Triumph) who stole the show.
He extended his unbeaten run of 600cc wins to seven, chasing the big bike of Allsop home in both. He was just over a second down to Allsop in race one and less than seven tenths of a second behind the winner in the second.
Richard Charlton (Yamaha) was third overall in race one and in race two it was Wayne Humble (Yamaha), who took third place overall, a fraction behind White. White now has 175 points, 43 more than Charlton and 55 ahead of Humble.
Andrew Roberts (BMW), in only his third-ever race meeting, took full advantage of the absence of close-rival Paul Wood to win both 1000 Rookie races and take a 55 points’ lead in the series.
Mark Walmsley (Yamaha) won both 600 Rookie races to help tighten up close on leader Richard Telford (Kawasaki) and Jordan Greenshields (Yamaha).
Dave Wood Jr moved to the top of the Ducati Due Class A championship after winning both thrilling and closely fought races from Andy Pike and Chris Clarke. Wood Jr was leading race one when the red flags came out.victory. Hard on his heels were Pike and Clarke.
There was a similar fierce battle in race two. Wood led on every lap, but he was pushed hard by Pike and Clarke again. Wood Jr tops Class A on 130 points, four more than Pike, with Gerrard third with 101.
Thomas Hallifax made it seven wins from seven starts in Class B, topping the table with 175 points, 85 ahead of a Andrew Claridge and 87 in front of Jim Brian. Stu Bayliss (Aprilia 1000) qualified on pole, but then crashed out race one of Modern Classic Superbike, Megabike, Supersport MaxiTwins and Formula 400 classes trying to pass Paul Berriman (Suzuki 750). Berryman won, beating Aaron Moss (Suzuki) home by almost eight seconds and topping the Superbike class.
Joe Connolly (Aprilia) was third home, first of the Maxitwins. Wayne Morris (Kawasaki) was fourth, heading a trio of Supersports, comprising of Steven Hill (Yamaha) and Bob Barton (Suzuki).
Bayliss started well in race two, but Berriman pulled away and Bayliss eased the pace. By the sixth lap Bayliss had already had a couple of minor slides and saw that his lead over third Moss was shrinking.
Moss passed him on lap seven, but Bayliss went back ahead at Melbourne and was still second going onto the last lap. Moss again second place down the back straight and though Bayliss regained the spot at Melbourne he could not hold on to the spot. Mike Beadle (Yamaha) was fourth, topping the Supersports, half a second in front of Hill. Owen Richardson (Kawasaki) was third Superbike home in race one, and though he crashed out in the second race, he is now tying with Bayliss for the championship lead on 102 points.
Connolly was sixth overall in race two and again best Maxitwn leaving him firmly at the top of the table, a massive 110 points clear of Robert Tomkinson, Bob Barton took third place in race one and fourth in the second race, ending the day 41 points ahead of Morris in the Supersports class.
Steve Roberts (Yamaha) won both Modern Classic Megabike races taking his tally for the season so far to 100, 25 ahead of the absent Robert Eagling.
Keenan Armstrong (Aprilia 450) clocked up two wins in the Formula 400 class, but still trails Laurie Sands (Kawasaki 400) by 49 points.
Motosolo. Colin Norris (Yamaha 600) stretched his lead from two points to 17 in Motosolo over absent rival, Angelo Derosa. Norris notched up an eighth and a ninth.
Luke Mossey (Triumph 675) won the first race, beating Luke Stapleford (Triumph 675) by a mere 0.16 of a second. Stapleford got revenge in race two, crossing the line exactly the same gap in front of Mossey!
Ralf Lo Turco (BMW) was third home in the first race, narrowly beating Jamie Harrison (Honda 1000). Harrison was third in race two, well clear of Graham Hornby (Honda 1000).